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Ch. 21: The mysterious savior returns



(Two days later)



"Marai-chan! It's time to go!" Jeri yelled from the bottom of the stairs.

It had been decided that since the nineteen-year-old wouldn't leave Jeri's side no matter how much growling Vegeta directed at him, he would stay with Jeri and family until he was able to support himself. Jeri had already given him a nickname to go by since he didn't want anyone else to know him.

Today the little family was going to the World Martial Arts Tournament. Trunks had insisted that he be allowed to go, even though he never seemed to get up on time. Jeri had told him about her being bonded with Vegeta, and he had taken it pretty well considering he'd never exist here. He'd revieled everything about where he had come from to her and her alone. She'd learnt things about his time that she hadn't known.

He had not wished for Vegeta to know that he was his son. He couldn't even face his mother. He absolutly adored Angel and Rena, and often watched them so that their parents could train. It hadn't taken him long to become apart of the family. He even called Jeri kassan, even though she was only five years older than him.

Jeri was becoming impatient.

Putting her hands on her hips she yelled, "If you don't get your purple haired butt down here right now, I swear, by Kami, I'll call you T-mumph!"

She was stopped mid-yell by Trunks' hand covering her mouth. His lavender hair was still sleep tousled and his eyes were only half-open.

Releasing her he said, "I'm awake, kassan."

"Its about time, Marai-chan. I've been up for hours."

"Noticing the empty house he said, "Where is everyone?"

"They left a couple hours ago, Trunks."

"Oh."

"Do you even realize what time it is?"

"No."

"Its almost four thirty in the afternoon."

Trunks' eyes opened all the way as he said, "Why didn't you wake me?!" Then he ran up the stairs with his super speed and got ready to go in a hurry.

Jeri rolled her eyes at the lavender haired youth and said, "I tried, but you just rolled over and went right back to sleep."

A purple blur whizzed past her. He said, "Lets go before we're late!"

Jeri grabbed his shirt colar and said, "I know the Instant Transmission, remember? We'll get there in plenty of time."

As if to emphasize her point she then teleported both of them to the place where the tournament was to be held. They arrived in a slight poof of smoke, scattering onlookers. Jeri rolled her eyes then led Trunks to the registration line.

Jeri left the lavender haired demi-saiyan to register while she went to find the others. She knew just about everyone of the Special Forces were entering and wanted to see how they had all improved in the past few years. She was, after all, already registered and had no reason to wait on the late riser to finish.

'Besides,' she thought, 'he can find them himself.'

Just as Jeri rounded the corner she slammed, full force, into another person. As she crashed to the ground she noticed briefly that the person was a man before she was cast into darkness. When she came to it was to the worried face of who she faintly reconized was Shin, the Supreme Ki.

Gazing into his calm, friendly eyes she said, "Y-you, b-but how?"

He cocked his head to the side and looked at her quizzically. Before he could say anything to the frightened looking female she opened her mouth and screamed, full volume, at him.

Covering his ears from the noise Shin said, "Madam, please stop! I don't know what I have done to offend you, but it can't have been bad enough to deserve this!"

Hearing the slightly pained shouts of her master the young woman from so long ago rushed into the area. Her clothing was much the same as it had been the last time she appeared, but without the cloak to hide her. Her brown, silver streaked hair had grown to her shoulders and hung there unbound unlike before when it had been put up. Her cautious brown eyes regarded Jeri warily.

She said, "Silence!"

Jeri stopped screaming abruptly.

Glad for the silence Shin said, "That was unnessacary, Stephanie, but appreciated. I'm not sure my poor ears could have withstood that much longer."

The female turned to the young ki and said, "I am sorry, master."

Then she bowed respectfully. She had only been allowed to come with Shin on this very important mission because she had begged Kobito for the honor. Besides, she'd never been off of the Ki's planet and was about to go stir crazy. She had to prove herself to both Shin and the over baring Kobito.

Shin smiled. This promised to be one helluva tournament. With both him and his bodyguard entering plus all the other high powers here it would be interesting. How did the precance of this female, Jeri, set the scale?




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